At this breakfast, everyone in the courtyard ate steamed buns until they were full, and they felt completely satisfied.
Because this meal was not something they begged for, nor was it the leftovers they picked up, nor was it bought with stolen money.
But after they signed the work contract and had jobs to do from now on, the employer gave them the first meal.
The more satisfied they are with food, the more motivated they are.
Huang Qi understood everyone's common intention and came to ask Song Qiu about their next arrangements.
After eating, you have to work, which makes you feel at ease.
Otherwise, why would you still rely on your own strength to support yourself openly?
Song Qiu said: "Don't worry, my family is in Dongling County, Jingzhou Prefecture. I have to take you all back before I can make arrangements."
"I'm going to leave tomorrow. If you have anything else to do here, let's just take care of it today. After all, once I leave tomorrow, it will be difficult for you to come back here."
Huang Qi shook his head, "We have nothing to do, we can leave tomorrow."
They have nothing to worry about here, they can go together with whatever they care about, so there is nothing to do.
"Okay, let's pack up and get ready today, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning." Song Qiu nodded.
Huang Qi wanted to say that they had nothing to deal with, they had nothing to live on, and they didn't even have any decent clothes.
You can leave immediately if you tell me to leave.
But Song Qiu turned around and ordered Du Chuanfu to buy clothes and shoes for each person.
Although it is only the most common material, it is thousands of times better than the linen patches they wear.
Song Qiu asked them to take a good bath and wash their hair today, put on new clothes, have a good sleep, and wait for their departure tomorrow.
Huang Qi nodded in agreement, and everyone sent Song Qiu and others away together.
When I turned around, I almost ran out of the well water in the courtyard, and everyone lined up to take a shower and wash their hair, so that they were clean enough to wear new clothes.
The courtyard was full of laughter and laughter all day long.
Song Qiu didn't rest after leaving the Salesian Church. She first thought about going to a dental store in Yunshan County or Shunyang County and buying something suitable to take back with her.
We don't buy anyone here, but we have signed so many people. There are about fifty people in total, large and small. We need to bring them all back to Songshan Village. How to go along this way is a problem.
We still have about two hundred miles to go back, so we can't just ask everyone to walk. If we really walk, it would take three days to cover sixty miles a day.
People like Huang Qi have never been out so far, and most of them are not very old. Their feet are probably blistered even by the time they get there.
Song Qiu didn't want him to get a lot of illnesses when he brought him back.
Therefore, having a car should be convenient and fast no matter what.
To save money on buying people, you can just buy a few cars. After all, the cars will be used later and they won’t be bought in vain.
But she didn't plan to buy a horse. After all, horses were still too expensive. Akkin's horses were quite cheap, but one can buy several mules for the price of one, so she just bought mules.
I went to the livestock market in Yangping Town, but I only bought a decent mule.
We bought a large cart that could accommodate more people, and spent three and a half taels of silver together.
Song Qiu thought that it was only twenty miles to Yunshan County, so he could just walk this section. There were two mule carts, so he asked the little boy to take the carts and the others to walk. When he got to Yunshan County, he would buy another cart.
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The next day, before dawn, Huang Qi and others, newly dressed, said goodbye to the compound where they had lived for ten years, walked through the town, and went to the inn where Song Qiu and the others were staying in the south of the town to wait for Song Qiu and the others.
Such a large group of people, all the way from the east of the town to the south of the town, is naturally very eye-catching.
Even though it was still early, it was already early to go to work in summer, and there were many people going to work, shopping for groceries, and pedestrians on the street.
When everyone saw them and recognized them as those from the Salesian Church, they couldn't help but be curious.
What are we going to do when we go out to the Salesian Church this early in the morning?
Are all the clothes you are wearing new clothes?
Their faces were cleanly washed, and their hair was neatly combed. If I hadn't known them, at first glance, I wouldn't have known that they were beggars on the street and touching people's money bags.
Someone who lives in the alley of the Salesian Church said: "There were horse-drawn carriages coming and going there yesterday. I could hear laughter in the courtyard all day long. I don't know what makes me so happy!"
"I saw the people going in the carriage, and I gave them steamed buns and clothes!"
"Then they are lucky? Are there kind-hearted people helping them?"
"Hey, who is this kind-hearted person who doesn't know their reputation? How dare they get involved with such unlucky people without fear of bad luck?"
"Where are they going this early in the morning? Could it be that they are wearing new clothes and deliberately coming out to show off to us?"
"Hey! A beggar is a beggar, and he is also a beggar when he wears new clothes! That kind-hearted person is probably just showing his kindness, just once, and he can still control them? Look at the Feng family master, what will happen if you help them? Gray hair
I’m sending someone with black hair as a gift!”
Pedestrians were muttering, and Huang Qi and others walking on the road couldn't hear it. The impatient Bench just wanted to rush out and argue with everyone, but Liu Zi grabbed him.
"Let them say whatever they want. We have left here today. From now on, everything here has nothing to do with us. They can't talk about us anymore and there is no need to be angry."
"But..." the bench still wanted to say.
Huang Qi looked at him and said: "We have a boss now, but we can't cause trouble for the boss. You have to curb your quick-talking temper in the future."
When it came to this, the bench shut up and endured it.
All the way to the inn where Song Qiu and the others were staying, the innkeeper and the waiter also knew Huang Qi and the others. Seeing so many of them coming, they thought they were looking for trouble.
But they found out that the guest who stayed at their inn actually hired Huang Qi and others to take them all away.
As soon as this word passed through the shopkeeper, the whole street knew about it.
Everyone gathered around to see if it was true.
A carriage and two mule carriages were parked in front of the inn, and Song Qiu was making arrangements.
Sixteen children, including Huang Qi's daughter and Mu Mu's sister Mao'er, packed the two mule carts fully.
There were fewer people in Lihua's mule cart, but twelve children were squeezed into the large cart.
Huang Qi knows how to drive a car, so he drives the one in front.
The six boys took turns leading the car at the back.
Others followed the car on foot.
Du Chuanfu drove the carriage, and Song Qiu and the others naturally took the carriage.
She told everyone that they would add a few more cars when they reached Yunshan County, and just insisted on walking these twenty miles.
Everyone nodded to indicate that they could go.
The carriage took the lead and slowly drove away from the front of the inn, heading towards the entrance of the town.
Seeing that Huang Qi and others followed him, people in the street started chattering.
Some people say that Huang Qi and others must be deceived into doing something shameful.
It is also said that the people who hire them will be in bad luck and will definitely suffer bad luck.
But no matter how intense the discussion was, no one gave them the answer.
The group gradually drifted away, leaving Yangping Town and embarking on the road to Yunshan County.
After leaving the town, Song Qiu hung up the car curtains, looked at the talkative Liuzi walking beside the car, and asked the curious question that he had always been curious about.
"What happened back then? Is the Salesian Church really haunted?"